Set up by us · 4-8 GB · South Africa
Black Mesa
Half-Life rebuilt by people who would not let it go
- Per month
- R189
- Peak players
- 691
- Positive on Steam
- 95%
Set up by us
Sized from published requirements rather than our own benchmark, so we build it by hand and check it before handing it over.
Order it like any other server. One of us sets it up, checks it, and hands over the same console, files and backups every server gets.
What it is
Black Mesa is a 2020 first-person shooter video game developed and published by Crowbar Collective. It is a fan-made remake of Half-Life (1998) in the Source game engine. Originally published as a free mod in September 2012, Black Mesa was approved for commercial release by Valve, the developers of Half-Life.
Where to look things up
Half-Life WikiRun by players on Fandom, not by us. Where you look up recipes, commands and server config for Black Mesa. Description from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
Plans
Sized for Black Mesa.
The original campaign remade in Source, with a deathmatch mode attached. Small servers, familiar maps.
- Peak players
- 691Busier than 44% of the games we host. Our own reading, 4 so far.
- What players think
- 95%Of 144,478 reviews on Steam. Very Positive.
4 to 8GB, against every plan we sell
- 1GB5 playersR79
- 2GB5 playersR99
- 4GB10 playersR189
- 6GB10 playersR249
- 8GB20 playersR329
- 12GB20 playersR499
The solid bar is the smallest plan that runs Black Mesa. Faded bars run it with room to spare. Greyed plans sit outside its range. Player counts are what the plan carries, not a benchmark of this game.
How busy it is
Black Mesa against the other shooter games.
Peak concurrent players on Steam, measured rather than estimated. Bars are to scale against each other, so a game almost nobody plays looks like one.
- Counter-Strike 21,184,605
- Team Fortress 256,934
- Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord42,483
- Left 4 Dead 232,426
- Arma Reforger14,413
- Counter-Strike 1.611,345
- SCP: Secret Laboratory8,866
- Black Mesa691
Running a Black Mesa server
Patch notes, guides and the commands you need.
Release notes come from the developer. Everything else goes to the game's own wiki, written by the people who play it.
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- 2026-03-205 years of Black Mesa: Blue Shift & Upcoming Update!Developer
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Last checked 2026-08-25
What players say
Black Mesa, in the words of people who play it.
Three reviews from Steam, picked by how many other players found them helpful. About the game, not about us, unedited, and linked so you can check.
The fun factor cannot be ranked. This game just works if you let it. I can see why this game is iconic and this is a perfect example of what I consider a "They don't make them like they used to" type of game. Such a great game to be able to sit down and enjoy.
26 hours played5 found it helpfulRead it on Steam
01/03
Get started
Black Mesa, private from the first minute.
Hosted in South Africa from R189 a month, with the players and the file access already in the price.